Mysticism in the landless rural workers movement (MST) of Brazil : secular religion or liberation theology repackaged?

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dc.contributor.advisorGarrard, Virginia, 1957-
dc.creatorSmyth, Julia Chelise, 1979-
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T14:12:37Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T14:12:37Z
dc.date.issued2006-05
dc.description.abstractThis thesis focuses on the use of mysticism in the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil in their struggle for agrarian reform and social justice. Instead of stagnating or disappearing as has befallen many agrarian movements in Brazil, the MST continues to fight for agrarian reform more than 20 years after its formation, and has spread to all states in Brazil, gaining access to land for 250,000 families along the way. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the MST's own brand of mysticism, called mística, to ascertain both its historical roots and influences and its purpose within the movement. Given the movement's relationship with the both the progressive wing of the Brazilian Catholic Church and prominent liberation theologians and the influence socialist and humanist ideals in the organizational structure and implementation of the movement's practices, mística emerges as a tool for creating a community of landless who come to the movement with distinct economic, cultural, and political histories. Mística acts as both a secular religion and a reworking of liberation theology views on mysticism in the Catholic tradition, an act of daily remembrance and inspiration for the landless, with its own symbols and liturgy.en_US
dc.description.departmentLatin American Studiesen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T20000585
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/47188
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectLandless Rural Workers Movement (MST)en_US
dc.subjectBrazilen_US
dc.subjectMysticismen_US
dc.subjectCatholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectLiberation theologyen_US
dc.titleMysticism in the landless rural workers movement (MST) of Brazil : secular religion or liberation theology repackaged?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentLatin American Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineLatin American Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US

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